STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. -- A Northern California sheriff's deputy died Monday, a day after crashing into a power pole while responding to a chase.
Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department Deputy Antonio "Tony" Hinostroza was responding to a DUI chase near Riverbank around 10 p.m. Sunday when he crashed into a power pole before arriving, investigators say.
Hinostroza had been with the Sheriff's Department for nearly two decades.
The suspect officers were chasing was eventually taken into custody.